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The curtain rose on the 2015 PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs on Monday, and while there were some one-sided openers, there were several down to the wire thrillers that made you realize the regular season was history and the chase for the cup was now on. Here are summaries from the seven games that got the puck rolling on the 2015 PIHL Penguins Cup Playoffs.
A special thanks to Don Rebel, Sean Meyers, Randy Gore, Brandon Showers, Lou Rood and Matt Vandriak for their help on these recaps.
PIHL PENGUINS CUP CLASS AAA Quarterfinals:
North Allegheny Tigers 7 - Pittsburgh Central Catholic Vikings 0...

Welcome to another edition of “PIHL Notebook,” your weekly companion to “The PIHL Power Play” on the MSA Sports Network. This week we break the regular format, and with good reason with the 2015 Penguins Cup and PIHL Division II Playoffs beginning tonight. Where, when and against whom is your favorite team playing? Which players should you keep an eye on in each game? Fear not, we have your questions answered below in encapsulated form. So, let’s light the lamp on this special playoff preview edition of “PIHL Notebook.”
Class AAA Penguins Cup Playoffs
QUARTERFINALS:
3/2/15 – #1 North...

District 7 sent three teams to the GIANT Center in Hershey and two returned home with gold while Seton-LaSalle in Class AA missed a buzzer beater and settled for silver. So now its time for this years state boys hoops postseason to begin as New Castle, now in Class AAA and Lincoln Park in Class AA, are part of the field and looking to repeat as state champs. Here are the sites and times for the First Round in the Western Region of the 2015 PIAA Boys Basketball Playoffs:
PIAA CLASS AAAA First Round:
(Western Region Only)
CHARTIERS VALLEY COLTS (23-3) vs MOUNT LEBANON BLUE DEVILS (20-6) AT...

The 2014 state girls hoops postseason was a golden one for the WPIAL. Three District 7 teams advanced to the finals at the GIANT Center in Hershey and all three came home with a state championship. Now fresh off another WPIAL championship, Blackhawk in Class AAA, Seton-LaSalle in Class AA and Vincentian Academy in Class A are set to defend their state crowns starting this weekend. Here is a rundown of the sites and times for the First round of the Western Region in the 2015 PIAA Girls Basketball Playoffs.
PIAA CLASS AAAA First Round:
NORWIN KNIGHTS (21-4) vs PINE-RICHLAND RAMS (21-5) AT...

With the district playoffs behind us, it's on to the state playoffs in both basketball and wrestling this week is here on the MSA Sports Network. We have First Round play in the PIAA Basketball Playoffs...First Round and Quarterfinals games from the PIHL Penguins Cup high school hockey playoffs...Postseason mat action from Hershey with the 2015 PIAA Class AAA and Class AA Individual Wrestling Championships, plus we have Inside the WPIAL Wrestling Circle, the WPIAL Roundball Report and the PIHL Power Play Show on a special night ALL here at MSAsports...

Three district powers added to their collection while it was a historic gold run for the furthest most eastern school in the WPIAL. The Indiana Little Indians stunned many by winning the Class AAA championships, the schools first boys basketball title ever. Meanwhile it was add-on time for three storied programs as Aliquippa (AA) won its 11th, Monessen (A) its 7th and Chartiers Valley (AAAA) its 6th district boys basketball gold ball. Here are ALL of the results from the 2015 WPIAL Boys Basketball Playoffs.
ALL of the games from this years postseason can be heard archived here on the...

Three defending champs were successful in claiming more gold while a first-time winner joined them over Championship Weekend at the University of Pittsburgh. Vincentian Academy continues to dominate Class A with a fourth straight district title while Blackhawk in Triple-A and Seton-LaSalle in Double-A claimed back-to-back titles. The Rebels crown was their fourth in five years. Meanwhile, there is a new King of the Mountain in Quad-A girls hoops as Norwin followed rival Penn-Trafford from last year in capturing a school first district championship. Here ALL of the results from the 2015...

Here are the FINAL 2014-2015 standings for the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Hockey League. You can follow the PIHL high school hockey postseason with weekly audio and video broadcasts, plus the PIHL Notebook every Monday and the PIHL Power Play Show on Thursday night at 8:00pm over the next two weeks right here on the MSA Sports Network.
* = Clinched a Penguins Cup Playoff Spot
x = Eliminated from Penguins Cup Playoff Chase
PIHL CLASS AAA (SET WITH 8 PLAYOFF TEAMS)
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